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30/04/2008
McCann's Hate Mail Revealed
As the sad one-year anniversary of their daughter's disappearance approaches this weekend, Kate and Gerry McCann have revealed how they were targeted with hate mail after Madeleine disappeared.
In the TV programme Madeleine, One Year On: Campaign For Change, Mr McCann is seen reading out a hate-filled rant contained in an otherwise innocuous Christmas card, complete with a snowman on the front.
The missing toddler's parents are branded "scum" in one vitriolic message, they reveal in the ITV1 documentary, being broadcast on Wednesday night.
The writer of the card calls them "thieving bastards" for using the money from the Find Madeleine Fund to make two payments on their mortgage: "Gerry and Kate, how can you use money given by poor people in good faith to pay your mortgage on your mansion?" the message reads.
"You f****** thieving bastards. Your brat is dead because of your drunken arrogance.
"Shame on you. I curse you and your family to suffer forever.
"Cursed Christmas. If you had any shame you would accept full responsibility for your daughter's disappearance and give all the money back. You are scum."
However, the couple insist that "99%" of the correspondence they have received is positive and Mrs McCann also tells how she reacted with anger and defiance as detectives declared her and husband Gerry "arguidos" or formal suspects.
The couple also speak more vividly than ever of the events of May 3 2007, the night Madeleine went missing in Praia da Luz, Portugal when Mrs McCann went to check on their sleeping children and found Maddie gone.
(BMcC)
In the TV programme Madeleine, One Year On: Campaign For Change, Mr McCann is seen reading out a hate-filled rant contained in an otherwise innocuous Christmas card, complete with a snowman on the front.
The missing toddler's parents are branded "scum" in one vitriolic message, they reveal in the ITV1 documentary, being broadcast on Wednesday night.
The writer of the card calls them "thieving bastards" for using the money from the Find Madeleine Fund to make two payments on their mortgage: "Gerry and Kate, how can you use money given by poor people in good faith to pay your mortgage on your mansion?" the message reads.
"You f****** thieving bastards. Your brat is dead because of your drunken arrogance.
"Shame on you. I curse you and your family to suffer forever.
"Cursed Christmas. If you had any shame you would accept full responsibility for your daughter's disappearance and give all the money back. You are scum."
However, the couple insist that "99%" of the correspondence they have received is positive and Mrs McCann also tells how she reacted with anger and defiance as detectives declared her and husband Gerry "arguidos" or formal suspects.
The couple also speak more vividly than ever of the events of May 3 2007, the night Madeleine went missing in Praia da Luz, Portugal when Mrs McCann went to check on their sleeping children and found Maddie gone.
(BMcC)
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The Metropolitan Police investigating the abduction of a three-year-old British girl called Madeleine McCann from an apartment in the Portuguese Algarve resort of Praia da Luz on the 3rd May 2007, have released two e-fit images of a man who is of vital importance in the case.
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Madeleine's father returns to Portugal
The father of missing British girl Madeleine McCann has returned to Portugal this morning following a brief visit to the UK. Gerry McCann rejoined his wife Kate and their two-year-old twins Sean and Amelie following the visit to the UK. On Tuesday, the couple told reporters that they would "travel wherever is necessary" in order to find Madeleine.
Madeleine's father returns to Portugal
The father of missing British girl Madeleine McCann has returned to Portugal this morning following a brief visit to the UK. Gerry McCann rejoined his wife Kate and their two-year-old twins Sean and Amelie following the visit to the UK. On Tuesday, the couple told reporters that they would "travel wherever is necessary" in order to find Madeleine.
12 May 2008
Fresh Hope As Maddie's Birthday Is Marked
There was a sad 'celebration' today as the parents of Madeleine McCann have been marking the fifth birthday of their missing daughter. A low-key party at their family home was held, and was primarily for her younger brother and sister, but for them the birthday was "just another day without her".
Fresh Hope As Maddie's Birthday Is Marked
There was a sad 'celebration' today as the parents of Madeleine McCann have been marking the fifth birthday of their missing daughter. A low-key party at their family home was held, and was primarily for her younger brother and sister, but for them the birthday was "just another day without her".
13 February 2008
Madeleine Inquiry 'Close To End'
In a shock development, the police investigation into the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann is almost at an end, the Portuguese Justice Minister has revealed. Speaking to a parliamentary committee in Lisbon on Wednesday, Alberto Costa said that they were "approaching the conclusion of the process".
Madeleine Inquiry 'Close To End'
In a shock development, the police investigation into the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann is almost at an end, the Portuguese Justice Minister has revealed. Speaking to a parliamentary committee in Lisbon on Wednesday, Alberto Costa said that they were "approaching the conclusion of the process".
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